Diversity
Black female athletes are leading conversations about mental health
“The fact that they can name it and attend to it is liberating people from carrying it in secret.”
- by Lateshia Beachum
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Our ‘invisible’ champions give diversity a sporting chance
The Australian Olympic team is beginning to resemble the community at large in terms of ethnic diversity, but non-Anglo-Celtic champions are still hard to spot.
- by Jieh-Yung Lo
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LGBT
Flying the flag for equal rights not so straightforward
If you’ve heard of demisexuals, you’ll know it is the latest boutique identity to slip under the queer umbrella.
- by Julie Szego
Gay married couple told to separate, be celibate to keep job in church
A same-sex married couple says they were discriminated against in a northern NSW Anglican church and the church community is fighting for the discrimination to stop.
- by Nicole Precel
Our island home: new exhibition explores racism and diversity
In the wake of World Refugee Day, the exhibition – We Bleed The Same – pays tribute to the guts and perseverance of some of our newest – and oldest – Australians.
- by Liz Deep-Jones
A younger colleague said ‘OK, Boomer’ to me. What am I doing wrong?
To a questioner who finds junior coworkers lazy and self-absorbed, Kirstin Ferguson has some frank advice: if you want respect from your colleagues, you will need to respect them first.
- by Dr Kirstin Ferguson
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Gender
Silencing transgender conversation leads us nowhere
While neither side in this debate is motivated by malice, the tone is nasty because the fight has an existential character: both parties rightly see themselves as victims of patriarchal violence, and both feel as if their safety, and very identity, is at stake.
- by Julie Szego
Beyond the ‘friendzone’: Calls for diversity procurement laws
Why doesn’t Australia mandate that big businesses have to use suppliers of diverse backgrounds including women-owned business? It works well in America.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
England
No excuse or alibi for bigotry: Timeout for twit tweets is right for the times
At first glance, England’s standing down of debutant fast bowler Ollie Robinson for offensive, but old, tweets seems unfair. But there is a wider context.
- by Greg Baum
Victorian Opera apologises for lack of diversity in Tommy cast
The cast announcement for the production, set to open in August at the Palais, on Thursday morning almost immediately attracted criticism.
- by Nick Miller
Citi is rethinking racial audits Jamie Dimon slams as ‘bureaucracy, BS’
Citigroup said it’s reconsidering a shareholder proposal requiring its board oversee an audit analysing its adverse impacts on communities of colour -- a measure which drew sharp reproach from the JPMorgan Chase boss.
- by Jenny Surane and Saijel Kishan